psugrowler asked this question on 2/28/2000:

Why are so many pro athletes committing heinous violent crime today?

eyeseeu gave this response on 4/12/2000:

I have to agree with many of the other posts with one addition.

Many times recently the pro athletes are singled out because of their celebrity status and false claims are filed also. Here in DC, 2 of the Wizards (then Bullets) for example were charged with Sexual Assault which later turned out to be untrue. The Ravens football player charged with the stabbing is not yet resolved but much of the evidence publicized so far indicates that he may have just been in the vicinity of the incident. Police are not saying he actually did the stabbings but his associates may have so he is being charged. Another football player last week was suspended for a positive result for Cocaine on a drug test. 2 independent tests taken only hours later came back negative.

The media plays a big role in how an incident is reported. If you or I did something it would not get 1% of the publicity that these guys get. Percentage wise the amount of pro athletes commiting crimes is not much different than the ration in the rest of the population.

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